You are an accomplished business leader looking to grow your organization by hiring new people who have fresh ideas and perspectives. You have just invested a considerable amount of time and effort into recruiting, interviewing and hiring some of the best people within your profession. The new hires are all well educated and highly motivated […]
Is There Really a Talent Shortage?
I hear time and time again there is a talent shortage and people in the workforce lack the necessary skills required by employers. And I often read articles saying that employee engagement is at an all-time low worldwide. Meanwhile many progressive business publications indicate there are numerous new opportunities in the global economy that have […]
It’s Time for Human Performance Leadership
We are living in a time where the amount of information available on leadership is enormous. Just walk into any bookstore and in the business section you will see shelves filled with leadership books. Popular business books by authors such as Tom Peters, who emerged in 1982 with the book In Search of Excellence, and […]
Are You Embracing Your Performance Challenge?
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you faced one challenge after another; and you didn’t know how you could possibly accomplish everything? There might have been endless demands placed on your time and resources, where you found yourself running from one meeting to another. Then at the end of your day you […]
What is Your Performance Operating System?
Have you ever been around people who no matter how busy they are, they seem to accomplish everything, and do it well? They are the people with a busy family life, a full social calendar, demanding professional life, and they even manage to get to the gym every day. We are often left asking ourselves […]
Is Your Organization a Human Performance Organization?
We often hear in our organizations terms such as organizational performance improvement, change management performance, performance measures, performance coaching, performance improvement plans… Well, you get the idea. I am guilty as well of using the word “performance” as most of us do, because it is our professional area of expertise. Do you ever get the […]
Is there Performance Flow in Your Organization?
I once worked with a client – let us call her Samantha – who held a very demanding position within her organization. She had a tremendous amount of responsibility and multiple demands on her time. Samantha was also very ambitious, as she wanted to advance her career up the corporate ladder, and knew what it […]
How to Achieve Organizational Objectives Consistently
Many organizations establish reachable SMART objectives, yet struggle trying to achieve them. Learn how your organization can achieve objectives consistently.
How Much is Employee Turnover Costing Your Organization?
Have you ever been in a situation where you are continuously hiring people and then they leave your organization after a couple of years? Employee turnover is estimated to cost an organization 5-10 times a person’s salary. Recruiting and training new employees are just a couple of cost incurred when an employee leaves an organization. […]
Are Traditional Measurement Methods Outdated?
I often think back to the time when I was new to the world of training and development, coming from a professional business world where I was responsible for multimillion dollar budgets and profit and loss. Leading teams and assisting clients around the clock was just normal. It was a very fast-paced and challenging way […]